I need everyones point of view please

[DAVE1967]

[With Most Anti- Epilepsy Meds Can There Be A Effect To Where The Medication Can Counter ReAct Against Another Medication & You Not Know It? Please respond soon & Thank You DAVE from Kentucky

[epileric]

I'm sure there are plenty of anti-epileptic drugs that react with each otherThe reaction that applied to me is how tegretol (carbamazapine) & dilantin (phenytoin) increase how quickly the body eliminates Valproic acid (valproid, depakene)
I used to be on all 3 meds. years ago.

[Ruth]

Dave
The best person to ask is your pharmacist. I have found that they know more about medications than neurologists.

[epileric]

Dave
The best person to ask is your pharmacist. I have found that they know more about medications than neurologists.

[Dutch mom]

Check interactions:

http://www.drugdigest.org/wps/portal...30276FL8L614T3

[Ruth]

I checked 2 of my medications. Keppra capsules and Neurontin. It said that there were no interactions for those 2 medicines. That is a handy website. Thank you Dutch Mom.

[hawke86]

Dave, some medications can react with others.

[RobinN]

Listen to your body. If you are feeling different, then it most likely is a reaction.
A pharmacist would know the interaction between two meds, but your body knows how you personally are going to respond to them.

[hawke86]

I agree with Robin.

[swimmy]

Dave
The best person to ask is your pharmacist. I have found that they know more about medications than neurologists.

Worth repeating.

Quick story...my friend went out with her husband who is a doctor (internist). She drank too much (she's a little stressed at the moment), came home and got very sick. Her husband found her on the floor in the bathroom. They found out that a medication she is on (not an anti seizure med) reacts strongly with alcohol.

I use the site that Dutch Mom posted all the time, especially after I switch medications, even if I take an over the counter pill--one can never be too safe.